DescriptionUrashima Taro handscroll from Bodleian Library 5.jpg
English: The season of autumn in the kingdom under the sea; Urashima and Otohime watching deer in the palace gardens.
Japanese handscroll or emakimono of a Japanese folk tale of the fisherman Urashima Taro, having saved a turtle’s life, transported to Horai, a Turtle palace as the guest of Princess Otohime. On his return he finds that many years have passed in his home village. Opening a magic box given to him by Otohime, he ages. Written in Japan, late 16th or early 17th century. Shelfmark: MS. Jap. c.4(R)
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date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1590-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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